The papacy of Pope Leo XIV is just starting but some Catholics expect him to take on an issue that has plagued the Catholic Church for decades.

Kenner Police say a woman left her two children alone in a running car, fled officers, and is now wanted on a list of charges.

Melissa Araujo, chef and owner of Alma Cafe in New Orleans, was arrested in Baton Rouge, accused of defrauding Louisiana’s Medicaid program.

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (WVUE) - Three people have been rushed to the hospital after their boat was struck by lightning off the coast of Venice, Louisiana.

AMITE, La. (WVUE) - One of two teenagers shot Monday (May 5) in a residential neighborhood in Amite has died from his ...

In an exclusive to Fox 8, Archdiocese of New Orleans Archive Director Katherine Beeman shared that she’s uncovered that Pope Leo XIV’s great-grandmother was baptized in St. Louis Cathedral in 1840.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - We’ll cap the work week off with a soggy day. Much lower rain chances for Mother’s Day weekend. Rian and ...

NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois, called his niece and they watched ...

The moment everyone was waiting for arrived right at the top of the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, surprised the world on Thursday when he emerged on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.

A month before graduating as valedictorian of Chalmette High School, the senior walked his mother, Kathlyn Morales, through the school’s halls for the first time. The moment was a quiet milestone in ...

Census data from 1900 shows Pope Leo XIV's grandparents lived on North Prieur Street where the Claiborne Overpass is now.